Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Free space optical communications network with multiplexed bent pipe channels
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Application No.: US14792592Application Date: 2015-07-06
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Publication No.: US10090959B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Stephen G. Lambert
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP
- Main IPC: H04J14/02
- IPC: H04J14/02 ; H04B10/112 ; H04B10/118 ; H04Q11/00 ; H04B10/29

Abstract:
A free space optical communications network comprises a constellation of relay nodes in serial optical communication to form an optical path. The relay nodes are configured to wavelength-multiplex a plurality of wavelength-dependent optical bent pipe channels into and out of the optical path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170012730A1 FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK WITH MULTIPLEXED BENT PIPE CHANNELS Public/Granted day:2017-01-12
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